Not A Bass, But Still A Fun Fighter

[BammerBass]

17 inch drum caught just a few minutes after my bass in my previous thread. Hit a 1.5 inch black shad panfish assassin.

[Bluebasser86]

Good eating right there!

[BammerBass]

I have indeed recently heard they sre good to eat, but it has been a long belief of mine that they are not. Have I been misinformed? Many anglers get ticked off and disappointed when they see one of these on their line, but they still fight hard and are fun to catch, regardless of how edible they are.

[Bluebasser86]

My uncle prefers drum over anything else. They eat mainly shellfish, craws, and baitfish and have a very firm, white fillet. They are closely related to the red drum (redfish), black drum, and croaker that live in salt water and are all very popular food fish. The ones I've cleaned have zero red meat in them either so cleaning them is simple. 

[Senko lover]

Nice fish. I enjoy sometimes a break from catching bass (or getting skunked) with another species.

[BammerBass]

Nice fish. I enjoy sometimes a break from catching bass (or getting skunked) with another species.

haha yeah, ANYTHING beats the skunk.

The main reason why I had never even considered eating drum was because everyone around me had always said drum had tough, rubbery meat, and were chock full of bones. But im guessing by the posts here, those statements are far from the truth.